The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-13 00:00:00

RKEY F • CONSTANTINOPLE, Aro. 22.--The Ottoman Ambassador k CONSTANT and Ple nipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, Ii 'edschid Pasha, embarked on the 19th instant for Malta, :11 i•eynicieo to proceed, to I.'fis destination. It is calculated that he 'at I t reach ha s iof th e 1. , e Lcr4ilon before the end of December. The :treaty of commerce of which he is the bearer, and I p l o h n ,,,, i° ' ' , 1 7 43 s 'grie d on the 18th by Redschid Pasha and Lord „TY' are 'essentially the same as those of the commercial cotrren,2o At :1 „ in g , ~,r 1 471' ~ Urquhart was to have negotiated. The duty i - -, 1)- .'"'a of British origin, which, according to previous fiv e eu sation3 amounted to three per cent., has been raised to tati.rerele 'e e r y se ent. Owing to the depreciation of the Turkish nee the framing of former tariffs, the duty on fo szipl, i pi ids, though - nominally of three per cent., in reality did '' ''er 17 iany years past exceed one per cent. ; but in conse quence , c .f the valuation of imports in the new tariff being in of f lalo g „ i with the coinage now in circulation, the amount 1 ° ) '"c r, 2 venues of the Customs derived from imports will i h c°ll. Ie at once fourfold greater than it at present is. co -- „,? ' lut yon goods in transit has been fixed at three "''.; tl let on exports of every description has, by the pre wiltp-ent rr ea ty, been fixed at 12 per cent., of which amount 9 be . :paid to Government by the grower, and 3 by . the pur chaser. It is highly probable, now that the imports into Tur keY do not much exceed the sum of 450,000,000 piasters per annum,. , and the expo , fts that of 400,000,000 piasters, that the „'",enu ts may at first experience a sensible deficit ; but the de ',ul° Pr sent which 'commerce, now freed from every shackle teat fi and ittered it, will ta k e, must naturally become so rapid, ], 1 , - -- , c op pr ogress ' , ve l y augmenting, that it may with assurance ''e pre dieted, Om' ,: before the expiration of five years the reve nues ('f the ern; lire will be double what they have been at the period when the system of monopoly and spoliation proved most 'lucrative to the Treasur. earri This new t reaty w ill not be ed into y vir,ro ur, however, before the 13th of March, 1839, a Period at why, i the contracts between Government and the killers of the r evenues expire. The stipulations it contains are to be obsc ry d lind Egypt sp ea i fically includedthro he Sultan's dominions—Syria 4 , d 44 E gYPti an st eam b oat arrived here yesterday from Alex al j,.ria. It w as .at first supposed to have brought the arrears ° ehemet A li's t r ib ute, but to the no small disappointment Alex of the Trees° r:/, it was soon ascertained that it had nothing of a ll value on b4)ard beyond the old covering of the Prophet's t s o h nlb at Met IT', alicl. a few insignificant presents from the valueless eriff ° l ' M eCea. fol. the Sultan. This venerable relic, aiL to 1 he eyes of infidels, was, however, received with i it"en( curs b• the Government. A deputation of U.e it WW t oner t -I • and ,on board by the Sultan, to take possession of 'whe nce • .` alvey :it with solemnity to the mosque . at Eyoob, 't '" I to be removed to-morrow to the hall in the into are • er of tile Seraglio, where the mantle and beard of Mahomet deP°B' I hear • led. bern et i 1 7orn a. - traveller arrived by this steam-boat, that Me . - vileg e, 1 " 11 aS lately granted to an English company the pri arid :,,eluring fee space of ten years, of conveying all letters tweeti theener a -from Alexandria to Suez. The distance be *ix h ou se P ails will be accomplished in the space of twenty °Rabb i l d • • 1.3 * 1 'lns c ommunication, it is expected, will be fairly 3 e In the early part of October. . , The late) sailed on they . appointed Governor of Tripoli, Aska Pasha, Her iv. 18th inst, for his destination. . M a l ta, aJes ty's ship Tyne sailed to- day with despatches for RussiAccordi Rus s i a , v ng to the last accounts from Circassia, several he a n d, 7 8 els of war and transports were wrecked on t iThe Abashlln' 1 the violent hurricane in the latter part of July. .atek Alts have, it is confidently reported, taken the fort Lo we ' v er ec ced by the Russians at Sotshah. The latter have, raised tuceeceded in landing at Shapshook, where they have tetisive batteries.— Times. T O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . SlR__ . _____. o ,_____ in t d vec B irig: fully persuaded of your sincerity and alacrity app ea a ting the cause of the productive classes, and as they In th e to t o be I mekring on their armour, not only in the north and stab: ule troi ?olis, but in the west of England, I am desirous of statin g ,bY r leaias of your widely circulated Paper, that thy des e t neY are now pursuing is not only futile, but that . it n o , Pluia,, , , mew- the approval of a large portion of the working tio, ;say nothing of their talented and opulent leaders. 1 aplio not tint.or i d just now to discuss the merits or argue the cability• of the " People's Charter ;" but I must say, that ~.1 . I was ir clined to go the whole hog with them, I could not agree vp it;them in the manner they have adopted for obtam itnhgn th ,_eir object. My object at present is to point out to them t; heir that would accrue to the hard-working, half %4'4 Population of the present generation,. were they to the eet their giant strength, their increased intelligence, and a Universal unanimity that must prevail to annihilate that ,tuninable imposition, the Corn-laws--the besetting curse Il itt ev erY working man, whether agricultural or otherwise. N . Perhaps I shall be told, " Oh, your motive is not to throw i n ,2 l in our mouths,, but dust in our eyes, and prevent us s . LerE cur pVtoadtiecaleiaer th e begore us, in order that we may not endan xistence of the Whigs, or to create divisions t3 t en g us." Now, as regards the Whigs, if they continue in tuetiraisorersert ctareer.,.t.he sooner we are rid of them the better ; vi iice rn Jec di visions, I hope I have said enough to con 0113.ethree sible to Y that it is a thing without which it is impos standard which 'he slightest redress. Let us then raise a Assoicat, l eh . 'Ne can all follow, and form an Anti-Corn-law b y the ni ?, with branch Societies all over the kingdom, and Anti-Slaver of subscriptions disseminate information like the ,- " te_„J Society, which was so victorious, and like "'smelt% Precursor Society in Ireland, which promises so _ e _ e b,• So that by the aid of the united Liberal Press of Locse, unnon, the powerful voice of petitions, and the gigantic ad -241 y of such men as Lords Blougham and Fitzwilliarn, we be enabled by the coming Session of Parliament to pre geolit s uc h a front that cannot be mistaken. Trusting that Ine friend will attend the meeting on Monday next, and Alain these sentiments more forcibly, it is with great pleasure ''q respect I sut)scribe myself your's most truly, London, Suit, 12. 11. RICHARD S, a W orking Man. si P terA lelter, from Naples says, " The Censure has ' tt ee t i !ci from the libretto of the new opera of Pokeucte, the '•ic for which has just been completed by Donizetti for --e debut An of Nourrit, t h e F rench vocalist. the R iyory turner who, four years ago, had sent to th.. x hibitio n of Manufactures a m o d e l i n ivory of a Gothic of i t l l ' and who had subsequently executel a similar model hi s 8 e Portal of the Cathedral Church of Notre-Dame, lost l liet rl l . B ? 3 a few days ago in consequence of the neglect with th e his labours were treated. In one of his fits of insanity teetiutafortunate ina•liae made a violent attack upon two police quartes' to had been instructed by the Commissary of the r re strai e t t — ~,!eer.re his person and to place him under proper h e was o l 'le was conveyed to the Prefecture of oc , teeeptiornee'ell in the portion of the building destinedfor the 8 sif unaties.—Galignani. Cii Ivit h cm.ck")E.----On Saturday night a man travelling and, ,1.-," stopped at the Harp Inn, Dunmow, for the night kor oe .• l' -r !Tending the evening merrily, retired to bed. In the , Whico' e g he was found suspended from the bed-post by a cord, Phe had tied round his neck. He was quite dead. . "'..40n0" Inany weeks since, one of the Irish Papers, in ford , ;: n eing a pompous eulogy upon the Rev. Marcus Beres ;tit' ,ad the following curious item in its catalogue of l d his ah cest I that, with the temptation to follow in the steps of the c l i l l 3 ra, a of of military heroes, he had preferred entering °l3 ser e uerch." Upon which the witty editor of the Examiner heha _ a do t t hat, "if he had not gone into the army, an I tiet Q 4 the profession which came nearest to it, that of . a Z a ,ka ll r 4r e B l 44l)l But the English Church is rapidly bec s orni tu ng . I„ s 'kti t . i ," and militar as that of Ireland. Dr. Poore' ,", an „ L e Ivninii In ore y ßritish blood was spilled than has flo e a a w r e k d_ cam able e",-"gagernnt since the battle of Waterloo, is a rem te r ,, ° „ ° Lef this. ain, last week, we read of a Church t _ e er kv -- inagistrate elf() in Kent, in juxta-position w throb tiiy.' 7.,,i, soldier ' was committed, at Maidstone, for i . k . b thi s Rev, Le Magistrates of the day were militant . and military, .eis, i i inr. Davis and Colonel Best. What a .b disgrace is Are' a foul and black spot upon the . Ch that the th e ane s . ° f the peace are always hovering, like vultures, over lellot ee-,llPated caresses of the victims of the . lae I Not a colle-Th'e quelled in blood but a clerical Magistrate, like a uateh: wiahomet shouting ' " ti (.7'.. Kill, kill!" e leti,l „of theis to be the head a oceaX i on n° Not a man can be hanged,but ?!Neb.," 'Magistrate is to Commit him. Not a wretch can . be te to E°rted or sent to the tread-mill, but a clerical Magistrate .tbi ner 4 t v . 4 finge r in the ‘ pie. Not a case of profaneness, strife, bu 4 elegy 4',lty, or licentiousness is to be heard in our Courts, t t° e4' Magistrate is to inhale it all, as a fitting preparation d I t il vti e l4ali t i fY o h_nn i to be a preacher of peace, purity, charity, an tesgrac e long will Churchmen tolerate this scandal and -Lie wo - - , this k °Ye-sore to the world, this blot upon religion, A reports-nese to the Church herself ?—Liverpool Albion. r lop of was current in town this week that a phead ~_4lsrueti..,the name of Peter Stewart, residing in Rothes, been .aisain.-1 Rine° murdered his own son, as the boy had sl 'le o ° Ice ' a considerable p . eriod. The authorities proceeded th e and item ‘4..s_r(eiriesday 'morning Rothes, to investigate the to „" t e h oe 4 w. c have learned that the report of the murder of s'ularge4l.Biittit.eorret ; but Stewart has been committed to gaol, eie co e maltreatment of another member of his family.— re ura,t. I\'‘,4t;jurilliTtlesday morning two gentlemen employed a tioa klii ia rasilitoavyr: named George Howes, living at Chapel . End, to accompanythem on a shooting ex kgthe;el,ll to take care of the do ly after ten o'clock e e o e t t ) e e er f as . s ing a pot toe fie g ld . belonging to Mr. Chiswick, s , o the gentlemen fired at and killed a hare. The , o ne forwa d ; r en on f r , and Howes was desired to fetch it back. , . 0 y eN ,er that purpose, but had not proceeded more than allied hi before uefo re a Partridge rose, and the other gentleman ctlir l vhoi e . 18 gun and fired, when the unfortunate man received the e ee °l the charge in his side, arms,. and face. Mr. Solly, a sg a sua. 4 ef Walthamstow Promptly ' attended, and advised that /volirithelehreerwahould be co'uveyed to St. Thomas's . . Hospital, I. y hie .as removed yesterday morning.. He lies in a litioweri icarious state. The names of the gentlemen are not 4eCid,„`.° Howes. They expressed their deep regret at the A ;',e and rendered every assistance. /v 4 ' )4'11•11) NV k t 4 tvh, lIIST PLAYER.—A blind gentleman, eil'hst in my I ar n verY intimate, has frequently played a rubber . her of en, ia competitors His cards, which he carries with t i h il ! t t 4 th re oe s e ° , very minutely marked . by ' the . point of a needle, h i " N oi r I hav often sat by him, I have never observed tE ti Cara ; Yet with the utmost quickness he sorts and plays Q 'l , 1)4 8 ' the other parties of course announcing what card 1 o n ';`iPtlt down. —Correspondent c f the Medical Gaze tte . Of lv in. ' uursdav the wife of a person named Wiber, at 8• , J •Z? ' ''. l 'am a ll "t,on, was safeiy delivered of three children, all 4 91at 0 re living, and, with their mother, doing well.— n Guardian. THE WEATH THE CROPS. The delay occasioned to the harvest by the rain of Thurs day. (for we are sure that no mischief was done to the corn), was quite made up to the farmer by the good done to the pas tures, and to the rape and turnips. Since Sunday the weather has been very good for securing the corn that was still out; and by Saturday very little will be left. Altogether, we are sure that in this neighbourhood a good crop has been secured in very good order, where the farmer had a little patience.— Brighton Gazette of to. day. Since our last publication, we have had two or three days having a decided appearance of "settled fair," being the first weather bearing that appearance that has been expel ienced in this town since the beginning of June; the barometer is now, we believe, higher than it has been at any former period dur ing the summer; and the days have been extremely fine and pleasant. We regret to say, however, that they have been followed by nights of such excessive coldness, that we fear the corn, green as it still was in many place, must have suffered irreparable injury. Fortunately, in most of the dis tricts in which wheat is extensively cultivated, it had attained a degree of maturity which would place it beyond the reach of serious mischief; and the effect upon general prices will tot, perhaps, be important ; but the losses of individual farms in hilly districts, must be very severe. —Manchester Gaardian of yesterday. Several days of delightful and propitious weather, which we have now enjoyed, give hopes of a prosperous termination of the harvest in this neighbourhood. Shearing has become general, and in many places the wheat has been housed. Liverpool Courier of yesterday. The present will be a prodigiously busy week, and our ar dent hope is that there will be lots of stacking as well as stooking. The barometer, while we write, is higher than we have seen it during the whole season, and nothing is wanted save continuation to render the forthcoming an average crop, with the exception of wheat. That a great breadth of grain is laid or lodged, we at once admit ; but wherever the ears are full, partial undergrowth forms no great ob struction on the barn floor; the hook of a patient reaper copes with and overcomes considerable twisting with less loss than is generally supposed, and that point gained, the wind of the fanners will throw readily into heap, for the use of the bestial, everything in the shape of unsound grain. Since the above was written, the weather has improved, if possible, in splendour. " The glass" at length touches "set fair," and the phases of .‘ the bonny lady moon" herself augur strongly in favour of continued drought. On Monday morn ing more than 300 shearers appeared at market, all of whom were hired, at wages varying from 20d. to 25., according to distance and capability. —Dunlfries Courier of yesterday. From all parts of Ireland, as we have stated elsewhere, the accounts are favourable. The Dublin Evening Post of Tues day states :—" The weather is most propitious. This is a glo rious harvest day, and there is, thank God ! every prospect of what may be called an after-summer, to secure the poor man's harvest." KENT HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—In this immediate neighbourhood the hops cannot be said to have improved within the last week. The mould still hangs heavily, on the " Geldings" in particular, and even the grapes have been somewhat affected, although the latter appear to have escaped rather better than any other sort. Very great inequality seems, however, to prevail throughout this district. In some grounds the bines uppear almost unproductive, while perhaps on the same farm, and at very small distance, others are looking well. It is much feared, however, that even in these grounds the hops will come light to the scale—as they are at present very short in substance and " condition." A week's warm weather, with warmer nights, will make a very great improvement in this respect. It will, to use the technical phrase of a shrewd planter, " bring the fat into 'em." Picking has commenced in the forward grounds. Much care, however, is used, and in some places the pickers are employed by the day instead of by the great, and we fear are likely to make a very bad season of it. Where this care has been adopted in the picking, the hops have produced a good sample when dried, as only the very best hops have been selected, although these probably would have been damaged had they been allowed to hang longer. GOUDHURST, HAWKHURST, SALEHURST, SANDHURST, BO DIAH, AND BENErcDEN.—Within the last week or ten days the hops in all these parishes have made a great improvement. In the parishes of Salehurst and Sandhurst it is expected that some grounds will grow from 15 cwt. to 1t cwt. per acre. In some grounds, picking will commence on Thursday and Friday next. On Monday it will become general.-- Maidstone Gazette of to-day. SUTTON AT HorgE.—We mentioned last week that the hops in this parish were flourishing ; the parish named should have been Darenth, there being very few hops in Sutton at Hone. TRANSATLAN TIC PICKIN GS. JUST IMPORTED. FORCE OF INIAGINArios.—A Kentuckian, who had been for a long time admiring himself in a looking-glass, grew so per suaded that he was his own reflection, and his :own reflection WAS himself, that, wishing to blow his nasal organ, he made several attempts to blow the fictitious one, and never disco vered his mistake until, in futile perseverance, he had broken the mirror into a thousand pieces EXTRAORDINARY HUNGER.—A gentleman, who had eaten nothing for two-and-thirty days, happening to descry a dinner table laid out for a party of huntsmen, actually walked into a leg of mutton, and has not been heard of since ! THE LAST CASE BUT ONE.--A very absent carpenter, being desired to fit new legs on a somewhat decay e d c h a i r , b y a strange coincidence set his own thereon, and made a new p a i r for himself ; never awaking to a sense of his error till the crazy piece of furniture sneezed, opened the door, and walked quietly and deliberately out of the room ! THE LAST CASE.—Being that of a gentleman, who, in perking to wind up his watch, wound up himself, and never iereeiv 6 cd his mistake till his creditors objected to let him go on tick any longer I AN Isisti-AmEnicAN.—There is s gentleman in Washing ton so s hort-sighted that no one can see him but on a•very clear day !—New York Schreecher. THE HILLSTON ESTATE, IN MONMOUTH sturt.—We gave an account of this sale last month. We are now called upon to give a little advice, arising out of that result. The capitalists, and especially those inclined to in vest in land, will for the future have mere and just confidence in the opinion of men of respectability, and not treat their intention to convey the facts of intrinsic worth as merely " retorressioreet, BADINAGE." It is only a fortnight since (our readers may remember) Mr. George Robins had the estate of the late Sir Robert Brownrigg, called Hillston, near Monmouth, to sell (the mansion had been destroyed by fire), at the auction, at the Beaufort Arms, in Monmouth ; at least 500 persons had assembled, including sufficient wealth to purchase the whole county. In vain did Mr. Robins use his powers of persuasion, and certainly he "(lid his possible" for nearly one hour, and in his best manner—but to no good or effectual purpose—the estate (600 acres) was bought in for 11,000 guineas. The proprietor was pleased with his exer tions, and expressed himself in flattering terms, adding, how ever, that he was not a little disappointed at the result ; whereupon Mr. Robins said his opinion of the value was so firmly jived, that if no private offer was made during the after noon, he would himself become the purchaser, at eleven thou sand pounds, independently of timber. This was accepted, and he became " the lord of Dillston Manor and Demesne." Within the last week one of his auditory at the auction (whom, it now appears, before belonged to the school of sceptics, and was proof against all Mr. Robins's persuasion,) has given him two thousand pounds to relinquish his contract. We may augur, from this plain statement of facts, that his next appeal to a monied audience will not merely be hailed (as it was at Monmouth) by their applause, but in a more sub stantial proof, by believing in and availing themselves of his pre feesional experience and judgment. —Monmouthshire Paper. The following have changed horses at the Queen's Head Inn, during the last week :—The Earl of Mansfield, Sir Henry Askew, Earl Fitz william, Sir John Dalrymple, for the north ; and Lord Ravensworth, for Betsey Castle. The following have changed horses at the Turk's Head, Grey. street, during the past week :—Lady F. Hope, Sir Charles Dalbiac, Hon. Mrs. Watson, Dr. Clanny, Colonel Tower, Captain Shaw, Sir Edward Blackett, Messrs. Adair, Briscoe, Beaumont, Pease, and Rawsthorne.—Newcastle Journal. The following distinguished persons dined, slept, and changed horses at the Bell Hotel during the past week : The Duke of Grafton, Lady Laura Fitzroy, Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Marquis of Kildare, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald and the Ladies Fitzgerald, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Viscount Castlereagh, Lord and Lady Southampton, Lords Gardner and Forrester, Lady Tankerville, &c. &c. —Leicester Herald. At a meeting held at Nottingham on Tuesday, called for that purpose, a series of resolutions were entered into to construct a canal from Gainsborough to Nottingham, at an expense of 200,0001., and also to form a ship canal from hull to Nottingham, at a cost of 900,0001.—Nottingham Journal. The Duke of Buccleuch presented the Royal Perth Golfing Society with a gold medal, which was competed for on the North Inch on Tuesday last. The members of the so ciety afterwards dined together at the County Hall, Robert Smythe, Esq., of Methven, in the chair. Sir John V. and Lady Johnstone have arrived at Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, on a visit to the Duchess- Countess of Sutherland, who has a large party assembled at that ancient castle. On Tuesday night a servant•girl, named Obee at tempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Ser pentine River, in Hyde Park. The only motive for doing so appears to have been that in the course of the day she was ac cused of having stolen a pair of stockings from a house to which she had paid a visit. THE SCOTIA WRECK.—Mr. Deane, the famous diver, has been for some days occupied in raising the cargo of the Scotia, which some time ago was lost in the sound off Pennon lighthouse. Mr. Deane's yacht is lashed to the wreck which is laid about five fathoms deep at low water; encased in his heavy helmet, into tr,bich a supply of air is being con stantly pumped, and a Mackintosh over-all dress, the diver descends and remains in the wreck for an hour or an hour and a half at a time, making ropes fast to barrels, boxes, and pack ages, which arc drawn up and taken into the yacht by his as sistants, with whom he can communicate by means of signal ropes upon an emergency. Some chests of tea and barrels of rice brought up were found to to so much injured as to be use less, and were consequently sent adrift, but in other articles the researches after the hidden treasures of the deep have bee more successful.—Silurian. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMB.ER 13, 1 MR. O'CONNELL AND THE TRADES►' COMBINATION COMMITTEE. The following extract is taken from a pamphlet, now in the press, in reply to some portions of a speech recently made by Mr. O'Connell, at Dublin : We will here, howeuer, embrace the opportunity of reply. ing to an assertion that has recently been made by Mr. O'Con. nell at a Dublin meeting, at which he is reported to have said that " the man had fair play in this inquiry." Now we deny this ; we have not had fair play. ln the first place, Mr. °Con nell himself was very unfairly selected as a Member of that Committee, as he was a partisan of the employers from the first—was their exclusive advocate, and the workmen's bitter opponent throughout the inquiry—as he was in daily com munication with the masters, and secretly supplying them with the evidence given, by which they had tenfold the advantag e over the men joined to which our witnesses were often Cow . polled to appeal to the chairman for protection against the brow-beating and overbearing conduct of that gentleman_ qualities the opposite of "fairness," and we think little becoming in a person who is tojudge of the merits of the evi dence given, and whose vote is eventually to determine the re sult. And when we further inform our readers, that Mr. Wak ley and Mr. Chas. llindley (the persons onfwhom we most relied to examine our witnesses), were taken ill almost immediately after the Glasgow investigation; and, but for the kindness of Lord Ashley and Lord Somerset, we question whether Ou r witnesses would have been examined to half the extent they were ; they can form some idea of this " fair inquiry" Mr. O'Connell so loudly boasts of—especially when the cunning and experience of that gentleman, in examining and cross -ex_ amining witnesses are considered in the account on the other side . . And we think a careful investigation will not leave unex posed the hollow selfishness, oppression, and hypocrisy of the Dublin employers, any more than it will the long series of misgovernment to which Ireland has been subjected, or the and moral culture of the people which herglt of meriateelne loading and influential men are justly to be charged with, as forming the chief cause of all the outrage and violence cow plained of. Where in Dublin are her mechanics' institutes—her cheap libraries and reading-rooms—her working-class associations, where opposing creeds and opinions are softened down and liberalised by knowledge and frequent communication ? Where arc her thousands of weekly periodicals, diffusing a spirit of inquiry and investigation amongst the poorest of the poor? When the Dublin employers have exerted themselves to foster and encourage such efficient means of preventing violence, they will have little to apprehend from trades' unions or combinations of working men; among whom, in proportion to their knowledge, are the most orderly and industrious of the population of Dublin. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—,TiTiS afternoon her Majesty took an airing in the Park, on horseback, accompanied by the King and Queen of the Bel g i ans , Vi scount Melbourne, Baroness Lehzen, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Viscout Falk land, Lord and Lady Portman, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. Prince Estherhazy, and his son Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. took their departure, as did also Lady Falkland and the Earl and Countess of Albemarle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Lady Mary Stopford, took an airing in open phaeton. Lord Glenelg, Lord J. Russell, and Viscount Palmerston, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. The Hon. Misses Paget and Anson drove out in a pony phmton. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor and his Lady, the Hon. Mrs. Hobart, and the lion. Mrs. and Miss Cavendish, bad the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at two o'clock to morrow afternoon at Windsor Castle. Prince George of Cambridge came to Cambridge House yesterday. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the after noon. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle arrived at their resi dence at Hampton Cuurt yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Lord John Russell left Brighton yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Glenelg left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Solicitor-General had an interview with Lord Glenclg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir John R ae R e id, B art., and Mr. Hilton had also interviews yesterday with his Lordship. The Adjutant-General transacted business yesterday at the War-office. The Quartermaster-General transacted business yesterday at the Commander-in-Chief's office. The Russian, Austrian, and Turkish Ambassadors trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Sir George Villiers transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Mr. Colquhoun transacted business at the Colonial Depart ment yesterday. The Agent for the Mauritius transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Department. ' Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for the British Charge d'Affaires at St. Peters_ burgh. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing -street, for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatches, dated the 30th of April, were received yester day at the Colonial Department from the Governor of New South Wales. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the India Board for Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantinople. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for the British Ambassadors at the Courts of Greece, Switzerland, and Rome. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for the British Ambassadors resident at the Courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen. RIGIITON-TUESDAY. Although nearly full of company, nothing like gaiety per vades the fashionable circles. The fine military band conti nues its performances at the head of the Pier on Tuesdays and Fridays, from four until six. The Victoria band also plays twice a week. The promenade is beginning to enjoy a good share of pedestrians. An archery fete is announced at Brown's Gardens for to-morrow week, under the immediate auspices of the Earl of Munster, The Hippodrome Races at Brown's Grounds take place to morrow, when two silver cups and other prizes are to be run for. It is to be hoped that these races will not turn out a nuisance to the inhabitants ; at present they are very well ar ranged, which is speaking favourably. A grand cricket match (the last this season) is fixed for Monday next, between nine gentlemen of Sussex (with Pilch and \Venman given) against 11 players of Sussex. The players form rather a strong corps ; for Lillywhite, Box, Larraway, Dean, and Millyard, are among the 11 selected. The judges of this manly sport anticipate an excellently -contested game. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived on Saturday evening at their mansion in Sussex-square, for a three months' sojourn. The Hon. Charles E. Law, M. P., his lady and family, have taken their departure for Tunbridge-wells. The venerable Earl of Westmorland and Lady Georgiana Pane, removed from their hotel on Monday, for their mansion in Broad street. The Noble Earl is in good health, although rather feeble. Occasionally his Lordship takes out-door exercise. The Duke of Dorset is staying in Cannon-place. Lord and Lady Petro have arrived, accompanied by their family, from their seat, Thorndon Hall, Brentwood, Essex. OTHER ARItIVALS.—The Countess of Beauchamp, Sir Da vid Erskine, Sir Hugh Palliser, Sir John and Lady Palmer, Hon. Miss Knox, Hon. Captain George Poulett, Colonel Powell, M.P., Colonel Patrickson, Major-General Fraser, Lady Scott, Lady Smith, General and Mrs. Shadforth, Sir John Blundcn, &c. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DE Pi RTURES. Lord Middleton for Wollerton Park, Nottinghamshire ; the Right Hon. Henry 3fanvcrs Pierrepont for Conholt Park, Andover; Mr. George and Lady Anne Wilbraham for Dela mere House, Cheshire ; Mr. Wadharn Wyndham on a tour ; General and Mrs. Rcynardson on a tour; Lady Caroline Thynne and Miss Finch for the scat of the Marquis of Bath, in IViltshirc ; Lord Brooke on a tour; the Hon. and Rev. Robert Grosvenor on a tour; Sir William Grant, Bart., for Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Vansittart for Sussex ; Major Macdo nald for the seat of the Earl of Wilton, at Heaton Hall, Man chester • Mr, and Mrs. Hope Drummond for Edinburgh ; the I lion. idiss Grimston for Berkhamstead castle; Mr. Loveck Cool er for Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Grey for the North ; John Llewelyn, Esq , for Bedfordshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Coulson, and Miss Coulson, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Paris ; Mrs. Hart Sitwell and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Kirkaldy, and Miss Crowe, from ditto, for S cot l an d ; M r. an d ' `ar s . a l ly and family from ditto ; the Hon. and Rev. J. Best fro m ditto; Mrs. Townley - and family from ditto, for Pet worth ; Mrs. and the Misses Wilson from ditto ; Mr. O'Shea from ditto; Mrs. W. W. Bro7n, fro m di tto , f or Gloucester; Mrs. Warde and family from ditto. The Duke of Cambridge and his son Prince George were among the company at Astley's yesterday evening, to see Van Amburgh and his extraordinary cbmpanions. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and family will remain at Lilleshall until the 18th inst., when they will return to Stafford House. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, after visiting Lord and Lady Willoughby de Broke, proceed to Scotland for some months. The Duke of Newcastle is enjoying the spoits of the field at Rhayadar, near his Grace's estate, H a f o d . The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, ac companied by Lord Edwin and Lady Charlotte Hill, are at present at Thun, Switzerland. After a tour of a month in that romantic country and the south of France, the Noble Mar quis and his family return to town, when immediately after their arrival they will proceed to Hillsborough Castle, Down shire. During the family's stay in Ireland his Lordship will, as usual, inspect the whole of his extensive estates in that H il ote o l n ;Ton w - . As 11, 11 1 a o m u n t and Ephraimthe country. bridge Wells. seat, Clarendon Park, near Illevizes, from the Isle of The Earl and Countess of Hillsb oroug h h ave ar rived on a visit to Sir Frederick and Lady Bathur s t, at their h T le l y le hi le av l o a been rg t Angle sey, where his Lordship and his amiable Lady h ave b een so journing several weeks. The Earl of Harrowby's mansi on i n Grosvenor square is undergoing a th oroug h repa i r. His Lordship and Lady Harriet Ryd er are res i ding at Sandon Hall, the family seat in Staffordshire. The Earl an d C ountess of Chesterfield are enter sstaoyfingC:tntYhtelg taining a distinguished party at Gidling, his Lordship's !seat in Nottinghamshi re ; among whom'are—Viscounts Castlereagh and Jocelyn, Count D'Orsay, and Mr. Bentinck. Lord Viscount Sydney will entertain a party of sporting gentlemen in a few days at his scat in Kent. Lord and Lady Vernon will leave town for Poynton Hall, Macclesfield, tomorrow morning. Lord and Lady Suffield are expected in town next week from Gunton Pak, Norfolk. Lady Edvfard Thymic is returned to Richmond terrace from Wiltshire. Lord Ashley and Lady Emily have returned to town from Dorsetsbire. Lord Segrave has just returned from a cruise in the Channel in his Lordship's beautiful yacht Imogene. Lord Worsley has arrived at Brocklesby, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, from a visit to Lord Lovat, at Beaufort Castle, Inverness. Lord Henry Seym our h as , we l e arn, for the first time, been uns uccessful at the Paris races. A compla i nt, i t i s stated, has r ecentlybroken out amongst his Lordship's ex tensive stud, and no less than fifty-two valuable horses are hors de combat. Lord and Lady. Colchester have left Worthing on a tour. Lord Macdonald and Mr. Massey Stanley are en tertaining a party of sportily , - friends at Tulloch House , Inver nes-shirewhich they- rent of Duncan Davidson, Esq. The Chancell or o f the Exchequer an d L a d y Theo dosia Spring Rice are entertaining a party at their scat, Mount Trenchard, n ear Limerick Amon.- the visitants are the Mar quis of Lansd owne and the. Earl of Shelburne, Lord and Lady Glentworth, Sir David and Lady Roche, Sir Aubrey and Lady De Vet . e, and m any of the surrounding nobility and gentry. The Right lion. Ge n tl eman an d f am il y are expected to re riTin at Mo unt Trenchard untillthe end of October, when they will return to D own i ng -street • Miss Spring R i ce, a b out t h at period, coming into her m on th of waiting as Maid of Honour to her Majesty. The Duchess of Bedford arrived in Belgrave•square oa Tuesday from Brunswick -terrace, Brighton. Her Grace will leave tow n in a few days for her romantic cottage in the Highlands, called the Doune of Rotbiemurchus. The Duke and the Ladies Russell are still at Brighton. POST-OFFICE REFORM. Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, has not allowed the season of re laxation—after a lengthened and tedious. Session of ParLa ' went—to interrupt his valuable labours in behalf of Post-office Reform. In a recent number of the Caledonian Mercury he has published a letter addressed to the Provost and Magis trates of Edinburgh, on the advantage of a regular morning mail from London to Scotland, and suggesting the best me thod of forcing this improvement on the Post-office officials. Mr. Wallace says— On Wednesday, the 15th curt., I proceeded by the London and Birmingham Railway to the latter town, and from thence to Warrington, also by the railway, where I remained that night, and went forward next morning by the mail to Glas gow, which was accompanied, of course, as far as Carlisle by the mail for Edinburgh. Having marked the time occupiad by each mode of travelling, I shall state the result in a brief form, omitting entirely that part of the journey from London to Bir mingham, which is performed by stage-coaches with horses, as being foreign to the object of this communication. DISTANCES AND TINE OCCUPIED IN TRAVELLING. Miles. Hrs. Min From London to Denbigh Hall, is 4B in 2 30 From Rugby to Birmingham, is 76 in 3 40 From Birmingham to Warrington, is 78 „ 3 20 154 in 7 0 Showing an average rate of 22 miles an hour, stoppages Included. The actual stoppages were— Between London and Birmingham, exclusive of road stoppages Between Birmingham and Warrington Total time occupied by s t o p pages on 154 miles of railway 37 min. The distance from London to Preston by railway is, I be :eve, as under : Miles. 1 4ondon to Birmingham ll6 __. Birmingham to \Varrington Warrington to Preston 78 36 Ten end a half hours, say at twenty-two miles only 230 From Preston to Edinburgh and Glasgow 180 wiles, at ten miles an hour.. 180 Is eighteen hours, or twenty-eight and a half hours in whole from London to Edinburgh or Glasgow Here, my Lord, is a practical statement of facts and infer ences, showing that the Edinburgh aad Glasgow mails, con veyed by only an ordinary train (for it was such I came with), and at the usual speed mail-coaches travel, may arrive quite easily in twenty-nine hours at most, from London to Ediu_ burgh and Glasgow —say that morning mails were to be dis ptched from London at ten, they would reach Edinburgh and Glasgow at three the following afternoon. Such mails would be of incalculable importance to the country ; they would bring on without delay the whole cor respondence, which lies at present twelve hours daily in Lon don, and thirty-six hours once a neck; they would bring for ward without delay the whole foreign correspondence, which is at present detained the same time as the correspondence above alluded to ; besides which most important duties, they would being forward the proceedings in Parliament, in a con, fleeted form, twelve hours earlier than at present ; together with the London morning newspapers, and all letters written I ,etween five of the afternoon, and nine of the following morning. Assuming, my Lord, that the inhabitants of Edinburgh, and of Scotland generally, intend to insist on having day-mails, whenever the railways alluded to are completed, and that this is just at band, 1 beg to say that I have not a doubt of the Post-office contriving some scheme or other to mar, if not effectually to stop, the adoption of the proposal. They will send the mails off too early to be useful, or too late to be acceptable, to the great body of the people, or they will combine them with other mails, so as to obstruct the objects in view by those who demand them, and thus make good their own often-repeated assertion of day-mails being of no use to Scotland; or they will implicate the Treasury, and roll over the blame, as usual, on those who are neither employed in the Post-office department, nor paid for doing the duties of it. These are my expectations; and, therefore, as an antidote to the poison, I venture to suggest that a deputation of one or more trustworthy persons should be sent, when the railways arc opened throughout, to travel along with them, and mark the time taken with and without stoppages. By this means, the actual speed and the time occupied will be ascertained in disputably, and thus put to the test any difficulties the Post office may conjure up. It must be borne in mind that an Act has been passed, enabling the Postmaster-General to demand that mails shall be conveyed at the greatest speed which any railway company sanctions. At this rate the Scotch day mails must be forwarded, if their adoption is to be really useful. The Post-office, at the bidding of Lord Mulgrave, has supplied the north of England and all Ireland with a day-mail, at the best rate of speed on railways and by mail-coaches ; axd surely all Scotland will not be less successful than a single British Peer, even although not one of her Peerage should join the people in their just demand. It is obvious, from Mr. Wallaoe's statement, that the Lon. don mail may, in the course of a few weeks, be forwarded re gularly to Edinburgh in less that' 30 hours. The evening mail, which leaves London at eight P.M. on Saturday, will therefore be in Edinburgh at two, A.M., on Monday. The Aberdeen mail might be forwarded by a stage-coach, on the coast road, starting at four or five o'clock in the morning, and reaching this city at four or five in the afternoon, or fourteen hours earlier than at present. Then, again, as the London morning mail will reach Edinburgh at three, r. at., letters and papers will be in time enough to be forwarded by the present Aberdeen mail-coach, and delivered here at the usual hour, thus giving us the Parliamentary news and morning papers, and foreign correspondence, a full day earlier than we now get them. —Aberdeen Herald. EARLY INTELLIGETCE (be-TIMES.) By the packet ship Oxford, which arrived at Liverpool yes terday, We have received A FILE OF NEW YORK PAPERS to the 20th ult. inclusive. As the substance of the news contained in these papers has already appeared in The Sun, we shall not follow the example of a morning Con• temporary WHO DISHES UP IN A SECOND EDITION INTELLIGENCE WHICH PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN TWO IMPRESSIONS OF HIS OWN COLUMN& —Sun of last Evening. A file of New York papers camp To Times but yesterday, With news the same as two days past It printed viith display ; But still the cunning Editor, The OLD NEWS could not smother, Which simply proves that one old file Imposed upon another.—Morning Post. 0 - h •,;aht n .ie night of Thursday last the counting-house of Mr. Edward Beck, slater, on Beck's Wharf, Islcworth, ;vas burglariously broken into, and a large iron chest, contain ing the books of accounts, carried off. The next morning the iron chest was found on the banks of the river broken open, and the account books, with the exception of a ledger, have subsequently been recovered, having been found floating on the Thames. What can have influenced the thieves to com mit the robbery is quite a mystery, it being well known that no money was ever left in t h e counting-house. A reward of twenty guineas has been offered for the apprehension of the thieves, and a further sum of five guineas for the recovery of the ledger, the accounts of which can, it appears, be re placed. A Queen Anne's farthing, in very good preserva tion, was lately found by Mr. King, veterinary surgeon, of High Ongar, whilst digging in his garden.—Essea: Herald. GLOUCESTER MUSIC MEETING (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) In speaking of the forthcoming Festival, the Gloucester Journal of Saturday makes the following remarks : " It is with the greatest pleasure we announce that every day gives fairer promise of a brilliant meeting, and we are sure that the splendid attendance which we hope to see gathered together in our city will not depart with the slightest tincture of disapp o i ntment. Nothing can exceed the spirit and anxiety which have been evinced to ensure the gratification of every visitor at this Festival. The accommodatory arrangements, both for the Cathedral and Concerts, have been the subject of incessant care and forethought, and will be found unexcep tionable ; while the scheme of performances presents a collec tion of everything grand and enchanting in musical science, beyond which hardly anything is to be desired. The ballot for secured seats took place on Wednesday last, and went off much better than was anticipated. The grand rehearsal took place on Monday, and by the kindness of Mr. Amott (the , conductor) we were favoured with an admission, and judging from the general precision of the pieces selected, we antici pate a rich mu-ieal treat. The orchestra has been since the last Festival considerably augmented. The band, consisting of P.OO performers, are chiefly selected from the Philharmonic Concerts. The choral band, upwards of 200 performers, are from the Ancient Concerts, the Choral Societies of Birming ham, Liverpool, &c. No doubt a great increase of expense, but which, ae doubt not, will be rewarded by an increase of liberality from its supporters." FIRST MORNING, TUESDAY.—The performances commenced with the " Overture to Esther," which was given most admir ably, though we thought the last movement a little too quick. This was followed by the " Dettengen To Deum," which in troduced the veteran Braham, who gave the verse " When thou tookest upon thee" very chastely." Phillips opened the subject " Thou art the King of Glory" beautifully, his voice being perfectly in tune, and he appears in good condition ge nerally. The duet " Here shall soft Charity repair," with Hobbs, seemed to want decision; it was not sung in a style at all calculated to exhibit the character of the piece. Bra ham appears to feel the infirmities of age, although no corn plaint can be made of - the style in which he gave the piece; the delivery of the words " the fatherless, and they that have none to help them," being strikingly beautiful, yet his voice was deficient of that clear round tone which used to charac terize it, some of the notes being forced, and not exactly in tune. The concerted music was very sweetly managed by Mrs. Knyvett, Messrs. Knyvett, Hobbs, and Phillips but in the alto solos Knyvett was deficient, his voice wanting volume and firmness; nevertheless, these defects were scarcely per ceptible, as he sung in tune and very sweetly. The choruses " We praise thee," " Te thee, Cherubim," and " 0 Lord, in thee," were good, as was also Knyvett's " Coronation An them." The sermon was eloquently preached by the Ven. Archdeacon Weatherell. We are sorry to state that the Ca thedral was very scantily attended, the chancel not being more than one-third full. SADLER'S WELLS. At this well-conducted and now very comfortable little theatre, The Dream of Fate, or, Sarah the Jewess, which has been performed for the last three or four weeks, continues to attract very good houses, which the piece itself, the manner in which it has been got up, and the acting, particularly of Mrs. R. Honner as the Jewess, Mr. Cathcart as David Stol berg, and Mr. R. Honner as Stephen Cardinham, well merit. The mclo-drama of 7'herese, which followed, was well per formed ; as was also The Dumb Savoyard and his Monkey, which concluded last night's entertainments. Peter Wilkins, or the Flying Indians, is announced for representation on Mon day next ; and we doubt not that, with the manager's usual at tention to the scenery, &c., and the strong cast at present at this house, Mr. Honner will preserve the credit which he has with the public, and deserve a continuation of the liberal coun tenance which he now enjoys. MAST 'ER GUSTAVE ADOLPHE BASSLE. We copy the following with much pleasure from the New castle Journal of last Saturday. Master B. (who is a Belgian) is certainly one of the prodigies of the age : " In our paper of the 25th ult. we cursorily noticed the as tonishing powers of this truly wonderful boy, Master G. A. BassWi (for such be is in reality, being only twelve years old), as displayed in the Mnemonic Art, at the Promenade of the British Association, in the Green-market, on the evening of *be 22d ult., on which occasion he elicited, as was observed, very general admiration from a distinguished circle, including their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Mayor of Newcastle, the Marquis of Northampton, the Bishop of Durham, the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M. P., and a numerous body of the savans of the Association. Since then the appear ance of this prodigy in the Saloon of the Literary and Philoso phical Society, on Friday se'nnight, where the elite of Newcastle were assembled, has afforded us an opportunity of witnessing more leisurely the extraordinary talent of this very interesting young foreigner, in the art of Mnemonics—a talent which as regards the powers of memory based on a system, far surpasses any thing we previously bad a conception of.' Independently of the extra ordinary faculty of memory he displays in repeating, backward and forward, with accuracy a long series of figures, to the num ber of 50 or upwards, after the inspection of a minute or two, —the prompt and correct answers he 'gives to questions of a scientific nature—such as the specific gravity of various sub. stances, as gold, alcohol, sea water, &c. ; as well as the dates of remarkable epochs; the distances of the planets ; their proper movements, &c., including a vast variety of interesting matters connected with sacred and profane history, geography. cosmography, mythology, natural history, and philosophy (and which he renders in four different languages, namely, the French, Dutch, German, and English), are all evidence of a power in the Mnemonical Art, which equally astonishes and de lights, and which shows how aptly the term was applied to Master Bessie by a London jou rna li s t, o f hi s b e i ng i n fact, an AMBULA TORY ENCYCLOPMDIA. Prior to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland quitting Newcastle, Master Bassle had the ho nour of exhibiting his wonderful talent to a select party, at their Graces' residence, in Westgate-street; and so highly was the company gratified with the performances of this astonishing boy, that the Duchess, with that benign and amiable condescension so characteristic of her Grace, made an appointment for the rang master to attend at Northumberland House, London, in the month of February next, when her Grace's patronage would be further extended to him upon a scale commensurate to his me. rits. All this, no doubt, is highly flattering, as is also the communication addressed by command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, to the father of the talented boy (the Che valier Hassle, who accompanies his son), dated Kensington Pa lace, August 4, giving permission that the Mnemonical Conver satione," shall, during the stay of the young Professor in Eng land, be " under the special patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, President of the Royal Society." Master Gustaphe Adolphe is, we understand, about to visit Scotland, in the metropolis of which, as well as at Glasgow, Liverpool, and other great commercial towns of the empire, the talented young stranger will no doubt meet with that kind and friendly re ception to which lie is so justly entitled, as well by reason of his uncommon talents, as by those gentle, pleasing, and unas suming manners which so peculiarly characterize him. His judicious parent most assuredly has great merit in educating his son in a manner so every way calculated to promote his future .advancement in the world. All that we shall say fur ther is, we sincerely and cordially wish them both every mundane felicity in their ulterior career ; and that their visit to England may prove one of the most fortunate incidents in their lives. It is the intention of Master Hassle to pay a short visit to Sunderland before his departure for Scotland. ENGLISH OPERA. —We are happy in informing our readers, that Mr. Peake (for many years Treasurer of the English Opera-house, and to whose prolific pen we are in debted for several very amusing pieces) takes his benefit on Tuesday, Sept. 25 ; on which occasion the patronage he so richly merits must ensure him an overflowing house. We understand Mr. Peake has so many offers of aid, from all the first-rate talent of the. Metropolis, that his bill of fare will be unusually attractive. If public talent and undeviating good conduct can have any claim, the house must indeed bo a bumper. _ _ ABSENCE OF MIND (NOT AMERlCAN).—Yes terday, at the Police-office, Liverpool, a dirty-looking in dividual, named Smith, was charged with having been found fast asleep, quite naked, in a gutter in the neighbourhood of the docks. The prisoner, notwithstanding what Dr. Young has said to the country, that " Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles," insisted that he was one of the most unfortuate of men ; for, by some witchcraft which he could not divine, his bed, usually so warm and comfortable, had been changed into the bed of a kennel; his downy pillow into a pillow of slush ; his dear kind-hearted Molly into a hard-hearted cobble stone, and, to complete his misfortunes, he had not a rag of blanket, and every stitch of his clothing had miraculously disappeared. From the statement of the policeman who took him into custody, it appeared that the prisoner had been wandering homewards from some friend's house, Bacchi pleni; when, having made several circuitous tours, he imagined, very ne urally, that he had walked long enough to be at home, and herefore, concluded, very erroneously, that he was at home. Acting on this conclusion, he proceeded forthwith to pull off his clothes, as he would have done in his own proper bed room, of which, having totally disencumbered himself, he proceeded to step into what ho supposed was the bed, by stepping into the bad of the kennel, in which, having comfort ably deposited , his length, he threw his arms round the cobble stone, to which he addressed several very endearing epithets, calling it his " Dear Molly," and dropped soundly asleep. Whilst he was snoring with his cheek against a cobble, some one had taken the opportunity to walk off with his clothes. In this state he was found by the policeman, who roused him from his dreams, and safely lodged him in Bridewell. He appeared at the bar in a " shocking" bad suite of clothes, which had been lent to him. Mr. Hall, after severely repri manding him, told him to take care and not make such a beast of himself again, which being promised, he was fined five shillings for being drunk, and liberated, to tell his " Dear Molly" his adventures. —Liverpool Standard, Sept. 11. On Tuesday evening a poor woman went to the shop of Mr. Franklin, pawnbroker, of No. 5, Tottenham court-road, for the purpose of pledging a shawl for two shil lings. A man in the adjoining box at the same time offered his watch, upon which he asked two sovereigns. Mr. Franklin made out the duplicates, but instead of giving the two sove reigns to the m an h e threw them towards the woman, who eagerly se i ze d t h em and made off. The mistake having b ee n found until the w oman was parsuc d , b ut cou ld no t be until seven ho urs a f ter . N one o f t h e money was discoveredin her possession, and she denied the charge. She was, how ever, given into custody, and taken before the Magistrates of Hatton. garden, when she was remanded. ABOLISHING ARREST. " The relief offered to debtors by the proviso in s. 38, amounts to nothing. The amount of bail to be required is very evident, and vt hero will a debtor so situated find it, ex cept in very small and extraordinary honest cases ? " The Act extends to all cases of record in the Insolvent Court on and after the Ist of October, 1838, as regards as signees, debts, dividends, and the management and control of ins Ivents' estates (s. 67). " A relief to poor debtors is afforded by s. 118 (sec Analysis). BANKRUPTCY. " The amount of debt required to make a trader a bankrupt is the same as directed by 6 Geo. 4, c. 16, s. 15 (which is unrepealed), but here is this addition—a copy of the affidavit of debt is to be served upon the debtor personally, and a notice requiring payment of the debt; and if within twenty-one days after s - .rvice the debt be not satisfied, or a bail bond given as the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy shall approve, judgment in the action is to be an act of bankruptcy, on the twenty-second day after service of the affidavit, provided a fiat shall issue within two months from that time (s. 8). INSOLVENCY. The variations in this Act from the 7 Gco. 4, c. 57, and 1 Will. 4, c. 38, are principally these—(the reader is referred to the Analysis for their explanation —the word from, after any varied section, here means from the present Insolvent Act, 7 Geo. 4,c. 57) : " Sect. 36 new ; see also s. 119 ; s. 37 varies from s. 11 ; s. 38 new proviso ; s. 44 from s. 18 ; s. 45, 46 from s. 19, also from s. 7 of 1 Will. 4, c. 38, and a new proviso in a. 46 ; a. 47 from s. 20 ; proviso in s. 57 from s. 30 ; s. 62 from a, 35 ; a. 63 embraces the first clause of s. 37 of present Act ; s. 63 from s. 39; s. 67 new s. 69 from s. 40 ; s. 85 new ; s. 101 from 72 ; s. 118 new ; s. 119 new ; see s. 36. " All the other clauses not here referred to are nearly verbatim the same as in the statutes 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, and 1 Will. 4, c. 38 ; and it should be observed that s. 64 of the former of these two Acts is not included in the present Act ; but that section is not repealed. • " II. --AS TO PROPERTY.-REAL PROFERTY. " An eligit will take the whole of lands, tenements, tithes, rents, and heredits, including copyholds. Protection is given to all purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors, before the Ist October, 1838, who remain subject to the old law (s. 11). The jurisdiction heretofore exercised by Courts of Equity upon these writs (13. 1, c. 11, p. 170), is by this Act abolished, and the execution creditor is subject to the same amount in the Court out of which he obtains his writ as he was before subject in the Court of Equity. " Judgments are a charge upon all real estate, including copyholds, in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy. The creditor is to have the same remedy in equity as if he had a written charge, but he cannot proceed to obtain the benefit of it for one year after judgment; in cases of judg ments now entered or to be entered before the Ist of October, 1838, the year commences from that date. No prefe rence in bankruptcy unless judgment entered up a year be fore the bankruptcy. Purchasers, mortgagees, or creditors before the Ist of October, 1838, arc excepted. The doctrine of Courts of Equity protecting purchasers for valuable con sideration without notice is not altered or affected by this Act (s. 13-18). " Orders and decrees of the superior Courts of Law and Equity for payment of money or costs, charges, or expenses, to any person, arc to have the effect of judgments in the supe rior Courts ; but these orders and decrees, and all other judg monts of the superior Courts, must be registred with the Senior Master of ti e Cr.urt of Coalmen Pleas, at Westminster, before real estate can be held chargeable (s. 19). " Judgments of inferior Courts may be removed into supe rior courts, but not to affect lands as to purchasers, mort gagees, or creditors, until execution lodged with the Sheriff (F. 22); but no direction is given as to the manner in which the Sheriff is to disclose these incumbrances, or that he shall do so. " PERSONAL PROFERTY. " A writ of AT/ facias will take money or bank notes, cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, special ties, or other securities for money the words are, that the Sheriff shall seize and take,' which are open to construction. The Sheriff may sue upon these securities at the expense of the creditor (s. 12). The latter part of this clause opens the door to a serious evil. It is, in fact, an extension of that atrocious system (in another shape) referred to by the author in his commentaries (p. 147), and illustrates the observation ,there made, that to seek for redress is at best, in many cases, so arduous and precarious an attempt, as to take from injured individuals all thoughts of encountering the difficulty.' A creditor, after giving his bond, must have continually in his mind the happy idea of tie sculptor, related in the author's note in the Inge last referred to, although he may consider the group incomplete without a fourth con tented figure. " Stock and shares in the Government funds or public com panies after judgment, by order of a Judge, may be charged with the debt ; but proceedings are not to be taken to have the the benefit of the order for six months (s. 14). This order to operate as a distring,as (s. 15). If, however, a judgment cre ditor takes the person in execution, he forfeits all securities obtained under this Act (s. 16). " These are the amount of benefits conferred upon debtors and creditors."--From Westerns' commentary. AYMARKET THEATRE.—Haynes Bayly, the lyrist of the ladies, produced a most liv. ly and sparkling farce at this theatre last evening, entitled Tom Noddy's Secret. It was quite successful, and although rather weak in its com mencement, deepened in equivoque as it proceeded, and eventually wound up itself and the audience in a fair fit of laughter. The plot has some pretensions to novelty. All through the farce the acting was excellent. Buckstone was full of humour; Miss Taylor arch, and naive, and sparkling; and Strickland, as the old schoolmaster, as pertinacious and tiresome as the author could have wished. The whole affair was laughable and pleasant, and went off with eclat. A gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Abergwilly, remarkable for his swiftness of foot, has made a bet of 501. with a friend, that he will run ten miles in the space of one • hour. The place fixed upon for the feat is be tween Abetgwilly and White Mill, or, the Llandi.lo road, and will take place at eleven o'clock next Saturday morning. The odds are three to one in his favour. Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bourke is accom panied to his scat, Thornfield, Limerick, by his eldest son, Richard Bourke, Esq. The tenantry had prepared to give their landlord a public welcome on his return from the Government of New• South Wales, but Sir Richard avoided the compliment, by a private entree to Thornfield on Tuesday morning.—Sounders's News Letter. A short time since whilst two children, neither of whom is more than four years old, were amusing themselves at Boreham with a bill, one told the other that if he laid his thumb upon a block standing by be would chop it off. The un suspecting little fellow did so, and his companion, immedi ately carrying his threat into execution, severed the thumb from the hand.—. Essex Herald. At one of the late sittings of the Academie des Sciences et Politiques, Dr. Vellerme communicated an authentic return of the population of Russia, with which he had been furnished by M. de Meyendorff, from which it ap pears that the number of females, which, in f,rmer censuses, was never ascertained, but put down at double that of the males, amounts to 32,023,000. The total number of inha bitants of European Russia is 61,000,000, without reckoning the land and sea forces, and the Caucasian provinces. The population of Russian Poland is 4,200,000 souls.— Paris Paper. The following curious fact ma y serve as a pendent to the recent marr iage, with a singer, of a descendant of the Earl of Essex, who was very near marrying Queen Elizabeth. The Chancell or R oss i, the husband of the Princess ofl.otn: of Saxony, i s th e cous i n o f C ount Ross i, t h e husband of Ma demoiselle So n t ag . S o t h at one o f t h e se two cousins has married the moth er . i n -l aw o f a ki ng , and the other has mar ried a can t atrice. At disclosed Lambeth-street system police-office,ori,os yesterday s e practisedr slay s a police man by the f __e said the plan resorted steamers . cabmen that i frequent i e d a n waiting tod vr. f a o as r st t e l r ke mr arrival aecdt amd In o ng ti t ih h oe e bucking system, fraternity the follbwiab towardsg , a „ n ea nr w m b o a m rf e s, nt a s a et s o tc f a d m ir b t o y at ca i d s s, ob w s i t; o rved lie ditpurpose,cl driven jump to a othe c w a h b ar e f ac a h t , which the v vin e e s h s i‘ i ' l lacT i st s mare i for the orc a r e Here they remain until th ey get w h at t h ey cal o west-end swell," or a long fare, w ith some l uggage, so as to la enable them to " lay it on heavy," and th e 4. buck" comes in for his share of the imposition. When the cab is hailed by a plain-looking customer, the question is immediately asked wherc he is going ? and if it is a short distance, or at all east ward, the reply is " I'm hired." DEFAULTER.—An individual who has been carry ing on an apparently flourishing and extensive trade in the city as wholesale tcu dcaler is missing, and is supposed to have taken a trip across the Atlantic. A woman named Palis3 is now living in Bell-yard, Temple-bar, at the advanced age of 107 years. She has the use of all her faculties. The new Act consists of no fewer than 123 sections, and to shew the effect this volume of legislation has upon pt'rsons and property, it may be desirable to classify its contents. " I.—AS TO PERSONS. " No per Son can be arrested upon mesne process (s. 1.) . save that if a creditor or some other person shall swear that another ores the creditor 201. or upwards, and is about to quit England, then a Judge may order his arrest (s. 3 ) This throws great additional labour as well as responsibility upon the Judges; sufficient has been said in the writer's Commentaries (B. 2, c. 11, p. 374-5; B, 2, c. 12, p. 414, see also the Index, tit. Judges) upon the impartiality with which public justice is administered in England (2), to make it necessary for further comment here upon this responsibility. " A writ of summons (B. 2, c. 10, p. 155) is to be the corn mencanent of all personal actions (s. 2), and a, new writ of Capias will be found in the schedule to meet sec. 3; but this writ expires in one month, (see 13. 1, c. 10, p. 353). It may LK! sued cut by any plaintiff, without the intcrycn'ion of an attoracy of the Court. When a person is arrested he may apply to a Judge for his discharge, and the plaintiff is com pelled to show sufficient cause for his detainer within the Act (s. 6). All persons in confinement en thn Ist October, 1838, not having p:titioncd under the Insolvent Act, are to be dis charged, save that they may be detained or again arrested by order of a Judge (s. 7). " The operation of the stat. 32 Geo. 11. c. 28, commonly called the " Lord's Act;" is suspended, or, according to this Ant (s. 119), neither debtor or creditor shall petition under its prOvisions • and a new enactment is mad e ( see A na ly s i s , s. 36), by which a debtor possessed of property can no longer expend it in a prison, or in its rules, and set his creditors at defiance. ►3B